BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese had donated 4.2 billion yuan (615 million U.S. dollars) in money and materials for quake-hit Yushu by Saturday, said a statement on the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The donations included 3.51 billion yuan, and quake-relief materials worth 681 million yuan.

The post said 604 million yuan, including 56 million yuan and materials worth 548 million yuan, had been channeled to the quake zone.

Chinese armed police soldiers help local residents to excavate usable things in quake-hit Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, May 1, 2010.